Max HellwigUnited Kingdom Local time: 02:43Member (2013) English to German + ...

Jan 13, 2015

I have a problem exporting an .xls file from DejaVu.
I run DejaVu X2 Professional (version 8.0.533) under Win7. When exporting the document, Excel reports that a file with the name DVXXlsPort.xls already exists and is read-only. As far as I can tell, this file is a macro needed during the export process, so it seems obvious that it already exists. Additionally, when I check its properties, it is not read-only.
A Word document from the same project was exported just fine.
I hope you can help me out.

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It seems that an Excel instance is open already. Please restart your computer and try again.

Selcuk

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Max HellwigUnited Kingdom Local time: 02:43Member (2013) English to German + ...

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already done

Jan 13, 2015

Thanks Selcuk, but unfortunately the problem has persisted for days despite several restarts (I translated it first, before the Word document). However, Excel opens automatically during the export process, apparently to access said macro file.

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I recall similar problems but have never yet been wholly unable to export a file.

My suggested workaround:

- Remove all TMs from the project
- Create a new temporary TM
- Attach the new TM to the project
- Export the entire Excel file to the TM
- Rename the source Excel document to something different (e.g. "replacement.xls"
- Import it and pretranslate from the new TM - hopefully this should copy all your work into the new imported file, or nearly (try ctrl+S for any remaining empty segments)
- Attempt a new export.

If this fails, copy each column into a separate text file, import the text files, pretranslate as above column by column and paste them into a new Excel file once exported.

Hope that helps!

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All of the above are good advices.
I would update to build 641 as well.
If the problem persists, please contact us at support@atril.com and we'll set up a remote session.

Regards,
Atril Team

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Max HellwigUnited Kingdom Local time: 02:43Member (2013) English to German + ...

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outdated build

Jan 13, 2015

I already downloaded the newest version but haven't had the chance to install yet. I also submitted a ticket to the Atril HelpDesk, but haven't gotten any response yet.

[Edited at 2015-01-13 14:20 GMT]

[Edited at 2015-01-13 14:21 GMT]

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Max HellwigUnited Kingdom Local time: 02:43Member (2013) English to German + ...

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workaround

Jan 13, 2015

Thanks for the detailed walkthrough, Eutychus. I opted for what seemed like a less elaborate workaround and just copied and pasted the translated segments into a copy of the original.
I hope the last build will solve the problem though, a workaround is never a permanent solution should the problem arise more often (which I hope it won't).

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I saw this very post before before the ticket, so i'd rather answer here and close the ticket.
Would you please let me know if installing the latest build solves this? It probably has something to do with your environment so, again, if the above does not help please contact us at support@atril.com and we'll schedule a remote session to make sure this does not happen again.

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Atril Team

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